A version of this feature appeared in the November issue of AVN magazine. Click here for the digital edition.
LOS ANGELES — Madison Summers excelled at her “vanilla day job,” moving up in the company during her five years in the corporate world.
But something was missing.
“I was doing well in my career there but I wasn’t really satisfied,” recalls Summers, who admits she always entertained the idea of getting into porn.
“I wasn’t doing what makes me happy. So during the pandemic I started working as a dancer to make sure I liked sex work.”
She stripped for a year at a club in her native Ohio—one of the same spots she used to frequent just for fun with her friends—impressing everyone with her work ethic.
“I loved it,” Summers says. “I would stay out and hustle all night. The house moms were like, ‘You’ve worked here before…’ I feel like any job that I do I just want to be the best and work the hardest.”
Indeed, Madison made the most of her time as a dancer and in between shifts at the club she did her homework on the adult industry, researching talent agencies and “everything about being in the business.”
“Once I started researching, it was just a feeling like this is the time to do it,” Summers says. “I’m 24—if I’m going to do it, I should do it now.
“I ended up talking to a few different agencies and I really liked East Coast the best.”
She did her first scene for Exploited College Girls at the end of April. While she felt some pre-scene jitters, once she warmed up it was “like a switch turned on and I really liked it.”
“I’ve always been like an exhibitionist so the cameras didn’t bother me,” Summers says. “I was like, ‘I made the right decision.’”
Madison at the time of this interview in October had performed in more than 30 sex scenes, though more than half of those had yet to be released. In fact in recent weeks she has become one of the busiest, in-demand performers in adult.
“I really liked my Naughty America scene that’s out with Ryan McLane, we just had really good chemistry and just working for them was really nice. I liked how they did everything. I thought the scene turned out really well,” Madison says.
She also pointed to a session with Bryan Gozzling for Hookup Hotshot as a standout.
“I really liked that one,” Summers says. “I liked that site as a fan, just how the girls always have their makeup and their outfits—I guess the style of how he does everything. It’s different than other companies—not as vanilla—and I like that.”
Summers also recently did a Halloween-themed scene for Team Skeet with Filthy Rich, Danny Steele and Gracie Gates.
“I was the angelic daughter. It was a daughter swap type of thing,” she says.
Meanwhile, Madison joined the cast in After School Orgy 4 for Zero Tolerance—sharing the screen with Cierra Bell, Eliza Eves, Freya Parker and Leda Lotharia in a wild scene with Chad Alva, Donny Sins, Rico Hernandez and Tyler Nixon.
“There was so much going on, I loved it,” she says.
She made her anal debut on Tushy.com opposite the six-time AVN Male Performer of the Year Manuel Ferrara in a scene called “Finishing Touch” that released in November.
Summers also has credits for Nubiles, CherryPimps, Dogfart, WankzVR, BangBros and FTVGirls, so far, among others.
She says her familiarity with porn before she got started centered more on the female stars.
“I feel everyone knows Riley Reid and Adriana Chechik—like the bigger ones I knew before,” Summers says. “And I definitely knew about Nubiles and then some other ones like Kink.com—more of the hardcore ones.. I’ve kind of always been into BDSM-style stuff, a little bit of the rougher-style sex. I’m a little bit of a masochist I guess.”
She's also a switch.
“I prefer to be more submissive but I can definitely switch it where I’m kind of in a dominant role. But I definitely have a soft spot for being submissive,” Madison says.
The flirty performer also enjoys big packages.
“I’ve liked them all that I worked with, but when I get a big dick I love it more,” she says with a laugh.
With new scenes coming soon for Brazzers, Vixen, Blacked and Blacked Raw, it would be an understatement to say that Summers’ future is looking bright.
“There are some bigger companies I’m looking forward to working for,” Madison reveals.
Plus she has several performers on her radar.
“I would really like to work with Gia Derza one day,” she adds.
She may only be about seven months into her career but suffice it to say she’s falling in love with the industry.
“I really do love it. I think it’s a lot more professional than people in the outside world think,” Summers says. “I think there’s just a big stigma around the sex industry. So many people are sexually repressed—you shouldn’t be ashamed to be who you are or feel how you feel.”
Madison says the people who know about her move into porn have been “really supportive.”
“And the people who don’t know, I’m waiting for them to find me on Pornhub,” she says. “I’ve always been pretty open about my sexuality.
“I had some sexual experiences before porn for sure. … I went to a sex club a couple times when I was younger with a friend at the time. I kind of did some stuff in public there. I came into porn knowing what I like.”
When Madison isn’t working, she likes to stay busy—whether it’s going on a hike, trying a new restaurant, wine tasting or hitting the beach.
“I’m a foodie. I like pretty much everything, but seafood my favorite,” she says, adding that she enjoys “a good red wine or Rosé.”
Summer also likes a variety of music, from Amy Winehouse to Billie Eilish to R&B and hip-hop depending on her mood.
A girl who was “friends with everyone” in high school, Summers sang in the choir for seven years in and also participated in improv club.
“I wish I did more with acting back then but I was scared of being weird,” she admits. “Now I just embrace it.”
Photos by Bobby Adore (1 & 4); Alan X (2); Naughty America (3); HookupHotshot (5) & Nubiles (6 & 7)
